The union minister said the Centre would extend all assistance, including special arrangements in the budget, to accelerate the construction process of Nalanda University so that the academic session could be started at the earliest.

Khurshid said, "Trade and financial relationship are developed between two nations but cultural diplomacy has emerged as a more effective tool of establishing international relations as it establishes a chord between people of one country with another."

Besides Khurshid, eight MPs participated in the meeting at the newly constructed International Convention Centre at Rajgir, the tourist hotspot of Bihar in Nalanda district.